BackEnhancing Your Email Security -Introducing the Email Add-On for Gmail and Outlook
7 minIn today’s digital age, email remains a primary communication tool for both personal and professional interactions. However, with its widespread use comes the increased risk of malicious emails, including spam, phishing attempts, and malware attachments. To help safeguard your inbox, we introduce our Email Add-On designed for Gmail and Outlook users. This powerful tool not only marks suspicious emails but also empowers you to manage your personal spam list, ensuring a cleaner and more secure email experience.
Purpose of the Email Add-On
The primary function of our Email Add-On is to enhance your email security by identifying and marking malicious emails. Whether it’s spam, phishing schemes, or malware-laden messages, the add-on works diligently to keep these threats at bay. By flagging these emails, it prevents them from cluttering your inbox, allowing you to focus on legitimate and important communications.
Managing Your Personal Spam List
Beyond automatic threat detection, the Email Add-On provides you with the ability to curate your personal spam list. This feature allows you to manually add specific senders or domains to a blacklist, ensuring that unwanted emails from these sources are consistently filtered out. By managing your spam list, you gain greater control over your inbox, reducing the chances of inadvertently interacting with harmful content.
Improving Detection with AI-Powered Reporting
Every time you mark an email as malicious or add a sender to your spam list, you contribute valuable data that helps refine our detection algorithms. These reports are instrumental in training our AI engine, enabling it to become more accurate and efficient in identifying emerging threats. Your proactive participation not only enhances your own email security but also strengthens the overall effectiveness of our system, benefiting the entire user community.
Conclusion
Our Email Add-On for Gmail and Outlook is an essential tool for anyone looking to bolster their email security. By automatically marking malicious emails, allowing you to manage your personal spam list, and leveraging your reports to improve our AI-driven detection, this add-on offers a comprehensive solution to protect your digital communications. Experience a safer and more organized inbox today by integrating our Email Add-On into your email client.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Email Add-On?
The Email Add-On is a tool designed for Gmail and Outlook that helps you identify and manage malicious emails, including spam, phishing attempts, and malware. It enhances your email security by reporting suspicious emails and managing your personal spam list.
Why are mail rules a security risk?
Mail rules can be exploited to exfiltrate data, hide security alerts, or modify incoming messages. Attackers often use forwarding rules to silently send emails to external accounts or create rules that auto-delete security notifications, making it harder to detect compromises.
Why is email security important?
Email is a common attack vector for phishing, spoofing, and other cyber threats. Properly configured DMARC, DKIM, and SPF records help prevent unauthorized parties from sending emails on behalf of your domain, protecting your organization from email-based attacks.
What actions can I take on a malicious email?
When a malicious email is detected, you can take the following actions:
- Block the email to remove it from the user’s inbox.
- Release the email after it’s been blocked, putting it back in the inbox.
Can I deactivate Rotate Mail Scanning on a specific mailbox?
Yes, you can exclude specific mailboxes from Rotate Mail Scanning. This can be configured in the Configurations tab in the Email Hub under the Users and choose the users to exclude.
What does Email Threats mean?
- Phishing: A type of cyberattack where attackers impersonate legitimate organizations via email or websites to steal sensitive information like passwords or credit card numbers.
- Financial Fraud: Illegally obtaining money or assets through deceptive means, such as credit card fraud, investment scams, or identity theft.
- BEC (Business Email Compromise): A type of cybercrime where attackers impersonate company executives or employees to trick others into transferring money or sensitive information, often through email.
- Malware: Malicious software designed to harm, exploit, or otherwise compromise the data or functionality of a computer, network, or device. Examples include viruses, trojans, and ransomware.
- Spam: Unsolicited and often irrelevant or inappropriate messages, typically sent in bulk, usually through email. Often used for advertising or spreading malicious content.